Abel Prieto Jiménez (born 11 November 1950) is a
Cuba
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n politician. Abelito, as he was called as a child, is the son of Abel Prieto, a Cuban educator who for several years pre and post Castro ran a preparatory school on Pinar Del Rio. From 1997 to 2012 and from 2016 to the present he has served as
Minister of
culture
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. In March 2012 he was appointed advisor to Cuban President
Raúl Castro
Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz ( ; ; born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban retired politician and general who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most senior position in the One-par ...
.
He is also a published author of fiction.
In his book ''Music and Revolution'', Robin D. Moore says that, as minister of culture, Prieto "supported the greater international mobility of artists and extends them more autonomy in the licensing of their works abroad. He has stood up for the free circulation of controversial films such as ''Guantanamera'' and the creation of statues to figures such as John Lennon."
See also
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Council of Ministers of Cuba
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Culture of Cuba
References
External links
Cubaminrex
Government ministers of Cuba
Living people
Cuban male novelists
Communist Party of Cuba politicians
University of Havana alumni
1950 births
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